DreamStalker wrote:Juliebove wrote:DreamStalker wrote:Juliebove wrote:Does anyone else feel this same way? First it was the high BP. I take pills for that. Then it was the diabetes. More pills and more recently two kinds of insulin. Then the swelling and the kidneys. More pills for that and stockings for the venous insufficiency. Then a pill so my food moves through me and doesn't get stuck in my stomach. And another pill for the reflux that probably comes with that. And now a machine when I sleep. I'm begining to feel like I'm not really human any more.
Yep. Some also say that you are what you eat. I'm gussing that you eat too many carbs and artificial foods based on the symptoms you describe.
Then you'd be wrong. I tried a raw vegan diet, but it wasn't working for me because of the gastroparesis. Too much fiber in it. And I find that I go anemic if I don't eat meat at least twice a week. So I do the best I can. Eat as much raw food as I can, and many of my meals are vegan. I buy very little in the way of processed foods. I can't really, because of my food allergies.
Well I did guess ... that is why I have only been to Vegas once and I did not gamble while I was there
In any case, I was referring to carbohydrates not vegan diet. If you are overweight (just guessing again so not saying you are) then that might explain the link with OSA and diabetes ... hence my guess regarding high carb diet. So if you limit meats (protein), then there is not much left to eat except carbs and fats ... see what I mean? Carbs and fats are not good if one is overweight (again, not saying YOU are but there are others who are ... like me).
Prior to diabetes, I was on a vegetarian diet. Yes, it was high in carbs. Mainly beans and rice, beans and pasta. Popcorn. All sorts of vegetables. Some eggs and cheese. But overall very low in fat. I pretty much followed Ornish.
I don't like fruit so usually don't eat it. We do have two pear, two apple and a cherry tree. Did have a strawberry patch until husband destroyed it, twice. I replanted it once, but the second time he filled it in with rocks, so I gave up. In season I might eat a small amount of fruit if we have excess.
A few years ago I was diagnosed with allergies to almonds, dairy and eggs. Suddenly I was no longer sick all the time. Prior, I had chronic ear and sinus infections and was often sick to my stomach. This is when I turned to the raw vegan diet after reading about it and realizing that I was already practically eating that way.
These days I am back to eating beans for protien as well as nuts. I try to get coconut oil into my diet and also use olive oil for cooking. I also eat olives. I've seen many dieticians and all said I was not eating enough fat. So I've just loosened up on that. Rather than add a dairy free margaine to my vegetables as they suggested (yuck!), I just try to eat foods that have natural fats in them.
The meats that I do eat are lean ground beef, chicken breast, turkey breast and occasionally bacon. I do eat tuna on occasion, but dislike all other fish. I have managed to eat very small amounts (about 1/8 of a cup) of finely minced roast beef. It did cause me great trouble prior in the digestion department.
For a while there I ate giant salads with all sorts of vegetables, some beans nuts and olives and no dressing. Hate dressing! After spending the Easter before last wondering if I would ever be able to leave my parent's house due to throwing up again and again, that was the last big salad I've had.
Once in a while I allow myself the salad bar at the local Central Market but I was shocked at how expensive that was, so mostly I don't do that any more. They do have a nice summer concert series that daughter and I were going to. We'd get the salad bar, some hummus and sit out to enjoy it. Most people take advantage of the cheap food they offer outdoors which is often a BBQ but I've spoken with the chef and it just won't work with our food allergies. They are good to list ingredients on their salad bar and prepared foods though so we feel safe to eat that stuff.
I do know beans contain carbs. But they are also high in fiber and oddly, fiber that I can digest. For years I used to weigh and measure my food to make sure I was getting enough carbs but not too many carbs. During the awful time period when my thyroid was out of whack, my blood sugar would go hypo at the drop of a hat. Miss a meal by 10 minutes, take one extra trip up and down the stairs, etc. I couldn't even get all of my groceries up the stairs without having to pause upstairs for candy and a 15 minute rest. Our garage was downstairs and the kitchen upstairs. Thankfully we no longer live there!
Eventually I learned how much food my various bowls and plates hold. So it was no longer necessary to weigh or measure the food. Dining out can be trickier if we try a new place or a new food. But for the most part I am very good at estimating how many carbs are on my plate. Now that I am on insulin, it is vital that I know the exact amount of carbs I am eating so I can inject the right amount of insulin. And I am restricted in the amount of insulin I can use due to the way my prescription is written. Yes, I suppose I could drive to Canada, buy some insulin without a prescription and shoot a lot of it to go hog wild on the carbs. But I don't. I also realize just how much of a problem hyperinsulemia is and I don't want that.
I also think most people would consider to me a Debbie Downer when it comes to food. I have taken my nephews and their friends to an amusement park and insisted they eat vegetables and fruit and that they had eaten far more junk than they should have. I didn't get anywhere with that because my husband was there and let them have whatever they wanted. When asked what kind of cake I want for my birthday, I always say, "No cake!' I hate cake. Always have. In fact it rather annoys me to see people eating that stuff around me on what is supposed to be my day. But they always insist on the cake and get what they want. Mostly I am a big veggie pusher and believe that everyone eat foods from all colors of the rainbow daily.
I only hope that my daughter eats all those veggies I put in her lunch each day. She eats them at home, but I've been to her school and I've seen how much food the kids throw away. It's always the vegetables. I don't understand it. Vegetables have always been my favorite food. I can remember at holidays, my parents always left out the lazy Susan with the crystal divided dish on it with the remaining raw veggies. Come dessert time, they'd push it in front of me and I'd be happily munching away on my favorite foods while they ate dessert. They couldn't understand it. And I couldn't understand why they'd want to eat the junk.
